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M109 recovery trip.
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Rolling along, 2 X 2, on our merry way. Mike at GL was great to us, kept bringing us water and seeing how we were getting along. Good guys there.
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Hey, you guys need to be careful-in between pictures 1 and 3, you lost a wheel & tire on the towed 109!
Nice tow lights.
Nice tow lights.
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Clinto beat me to it. Was going to say that someone rogued a tire. I agree, nice tow lights.
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This brake setup does not work, it had a newer brake pack with a slip in pipe on one end.
Lights are borrowed from Kenny! Thanks
Lights are borrowed from Kenny! Thanks
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The tire was flat and would not hold air, so it's getting a free ride right now.
After stop at Grandpa's Ace Hardware though, we found the right fitting and this brake system works great! Just passed Nashville.
After stop at Grandpa's Ace Hardware though, we found the right fitting and this brake system works great! Just passed Nashville.
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LOL! I've seen those unit markings before! Our 109s must have been parked next to each other! 
Good luck on the return trip down South, Gentlemen!
Edit: I was going to suggest Grandpa's if you ran into hardware issues, Great Store! They sell guns too.
Good luck on the return trip down South, Gentlemen!
Edit: I was going to suggest Grandpa's if you ran into hardware issues, Great Store! They sell guns too.
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Your right, a 109 pulling a 109 may be a piece of cake. Unless the driver is a one legged guy, then it can get a little frosty.
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I can see why the first attempt didn't work, needed one more valve. I've held off as long as I can but the supense is killing me. Any goodies in the back, tool box, under the seats? What was the overall observation on condition? I know, too many questions but since you are just sitting there...........
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U have been wondering the same, did you even try to fire it up?
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My spider senses say they are coming up on Murfreesboro. Should be home by sun up tomorrow.
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No goodies at all, just a CO2 fire extinguisher. We have good batteries, fuel, a running fuel pump and all the fluids are good. The start button was disconnected and when hooked up, still nothing when it was pushed. We thought about pull starting it, but that meant putting the drive shaft back in. We were running out of time since we both have to be at work at 8 in the morning. GPS says we're home about 2 am now, but that's doing the showed limit. We're cruising along at 55 mph right now.
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Was by there a little while ago. Are you tracking us on radar? Or is it just that you've been through here before? At the TN I-24 100 mile right now.
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Does a 1.5 legged guy count?!
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The box is in good shape overall. No holes, some rust, all windows are there. The front vent was left open at some time, so there is water damage to the wood floor there. Should work great as a trailer/sleeping room. I'm going to swap the Deuce rear axles out for the M200 gen trailer dually axles, and one of the trailer tongues will go into the truck frame to tow it with. Lots of work ahead for me I'm thinking.
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Looks good. No tracking, just know the route!
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I bet you sure do turn heads too as your driving down the road.....
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The mountain pass on I-24 EB, west of Chattanooga, was a bear going up with no third slow truck lane like they have on the WB side. The gear of choice was low range/4th gear at 20 mph, of course it helped to have someone shifting the trans while the driver was going in and out of low range. Then you get to come down the other side, 4th gear and brakes now and then got us to the bottom. GPS is showing home at 3 am now. 
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Thank God you guys got over that pass safely. We ate chow at the Wafflehouse near the bottom on our trip. The Troll is certainly earning its keep on this venture.
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That's for sure! It's long, mostly green and goes slow, a real eye catcher we are! We got a lot of long looks driving through Ft. Campbell. Looks of confusion from the young GI's running PT. And looks of interest from the old guys driving around in their cars, like they were remembering a time long ago.